"""Red Swan Flower"

Author: [Japan] Watanabe Junichi
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Publish Date: 1999-03-01
Features: The female protagonist suffers physiological trauma and disability due to a surgical accident, believing she is no longer a woman. She becomes melancholic and confused, as if she has countless unspoken grievances, leading to a change in her sexual relationship with her boyfriend. However, on the autumn night when the geese return and the flowers are in full bloom a year later, he suddenly regains his former self. Yet, for some reason, it may not have completely subsided—it has been burning all along. Only its hue occasionally shifts between brightness and dimness. Though still red, it clearly alternates between blazing like fire and being tranquil and subdued. When, and why, does it turn vibrant "red"? And when, and why, does it fade? Misako remains puzzled, as if lost in a fog. The only thing she can confirm is that the core of "red" truly persists within her body.